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Hartford, CT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2017

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: KNOX rebuilt and upgraded the Hartford's Broad Street Community Garden to allow people of all ages and abilities to easily garden there. They added 22 raised garden beds, making plots more accessible to children, people with disabilities and older residents. Additionally, the organization hired a contractor to repair a garden fence and purchased a picnic table and a pergola -- a structure to create shade for gardeners. Since then, KNOX continues to create gardening opportunities for Hartford residents. The Hartford Courant reported in 2021 that KNOX manages 20 community gardens with a cumulative five acres of space. These include nearly 660 plots, each with an average size of 12 square feet.

Union, SC

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project provided stipends to residents over age 50 who work in a community garden and FoodShare boxes to residents in need of services.

Imperial Beach, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: This project will build and maintain a garden for growing fruit, vegetables and flowers. The city will add raised beds and accessible benches to accommodate older gardeners. They will also hold classes and other gatherings onsite.

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Green Bay, WI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Community Gardens

Description: The project will create a landscaped garden for growing medicinal plants traditional to the Oneida Nation. Signage will describe each plants importance, history and use and community elders will harvest the plants for social and medicinal purposes.

Green Bay, WI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: This project will expand digital access and literacy by training community navigators. It will help residents, especially those age 50-plus, adopt and use internet services, improving access to essential services.

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